Imaginary Identities In Contemporary Lithuanian Art

By Audronė Žukauskaitė
Art & Research

An earlier version of this paper was published as ‘Vanishing identities in contemporary Lithuanian art’ in Philosophy. Sociology (Filosofija. Sociologija), issue: 3-4 / 2006, pages: 37-41. www.ceeol.com

In this article I intend to discuss how the recent political changes in Eastern Europe relate to the more fundamental changes in the political imagery. When interpreting political imagination we should consider not only imaginary identifications, e.g. imaginary roles, but also take into account its symbolic framework and raise the question who is the Other, for whom the subject is playing his or her role.